POLICE BLOTTER April 5: Woman found dead in bathtub; Man cut on chin in Pontiac; No injuries in Commerce fire

INDEPENDENCE TWP. -- A 53-year-old woman was found dead in her bathtub Wednesday after Oakland County Sheriff's deputies came to her house to do a welfare check.

The sheriff's department received a call from a person the woman babysat for who became concerned when the woman didn't show up for work, according to a statement by Undersheriff Mike McCabe.

Deputies went to the woman's house in the 4000 block of Sashabaw Road, where they found her dead in her bathtub with no signs of foul play, according to McCabe. An autopsy is to be performed by the Oakland County Medical Examiner's Office.

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Pontiac woman with history of drug abuse dies

PONTIAC -- A 51-year-old woman with a history of prescription drug abuse was found unresponsive by her husband on Wednesday and later died at McLaren Oakland hospital, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies responded to a home in the 200 block of Clifford Street on the city's southeast side at about 10:49 p.m. Wednesday, where they assisted Star EMS with the unresponsive woman. She was taken to McLaren Oakland hospital and pronounced dead at 11:36 p.m., the sheriff's office said.

The woman's husband said she had a "long history of prescription drug abuse," according to the sheriff's office. Prescription drugs found at the scene were tagged as evidence, and an autopsy will be performed by the Oakland County Medical Examiner's Office.

Man cuts victim's chin in Pontiac

PONTIAC -- A 33-year-old Independence Township man was arrested after he cut a person on a chin in Pontiac on Wednesday night, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.

The victim was cut on the chin by the man, who was driving a white Cadillac, in the 700 block of Robinwood Street on the city's northeast side just after 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to the sheriff's office. The man has been locked up at the Oakland County Jail, the sheriff's office said.

No injuries at Commerce Township fire

COMMERCE TWP. -- Oakland County Sheriff's deputies responded to a fire in the 2100 block of Stoney Lane at about 6:18 p.m. Wednesday, according to a statement by Undersheriff Mike McCabe, where a fire had begun in a garage and spread to a home. No one was injured, and the fire is being investigated.